My job at Part Time Scientists is twofold. First and foremost is to tell the human side of story. Robots, rockets, and rovers are cool, but it’s the human story that’s really interesting. I’m an expert in radio communications and technology, but it’s the emotional connection that I’m most interested in exploring. Second, I’m coordinating the PR. I’ll start mostly in the US, but I suspect as things ramp up, that scope will broaden quite a bit.

I believe that the Google Lunar X PRIZE is not about winning 20 million dollars and it’s also not about creating a way for private companies to secure fat government contracts.

The prize is about what is created because of the competition.

My vision for space is a big one. We need a real private industry in space. One where governments serve their people by assisting their aspirations rather than achieving goals for them.

Obviously being a team member will mean I will have to stop maintaining the scorecard. I’m going to leave it up with a notice that says that this is what I thought the standings were in September 2012. If you’re interested in picking up where I left off I might entertain the thought of that. Send me an email and we can chat about it.

Author: Michael Doornbos

Michael is the founder of Evadot.com and Product Designer at Simply-Home.com and as such can often be found cavorting with penguins or eating herring.
Michael can be reached at mike@evadot.com and at michaeldoornbos.com and on twitter as @mrdoornbos